Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network welcomes a diverse budget but more must be done to address cost of living for young people.

Australia’s Peak Body for refugee and migrant youth, MYAN welcomes a diverse budget that takes some positive steps to respond to the cost of living crisis, including a huge $5.7 billion investment in Medicare, and a much needed increase in rental assistance and income support (the most substantial indexation since the welfare measure was brought in in 1998).